Combined handle and lock for vehicle-doors.



L. W. GATES. GGMBINED HANDLE AND LOCK FOR VEHICLE DOORS. APLIUATION. FILED JAN. 26, 1911.

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Patented Apr. 25, 1911.

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To all 'who'lnfit may concern:

Be it known that. I, Loris lV. Gavras, a citizen of the United States, residing at `West` Haven, inthe county 4ot New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and handle constructed in vaccorda-nce' with tiny invention. Fig. 2 a--vieW partly in transverse section showing the device applied to a vehicle door; .F ig. 3 a vertical sectional View 'of the locking mechanism. Fig. l a vieWof the bolt, detached., l

This4 invention relates to an improvemen1 in combiiied handle and lock for vehicle doors especially designed for use 0n automobiledoors Where at times it is'desirable to lock the doorand at the same time'leave' itv to-be vopened in the usual Way from the inside. In leaving a vehicle it is, of course, desirable to lock both doors, but if the lock is operated onlyby 'a'key it-'is necessary to' go' around the vehicle to lock the left hand door if the person-gets out through the' right hand door.

.The-object oit this invention is to-provide a lock for .vehicle doors which may 'he thrown into locked'position lfrom either the outside or inside of the door, and without the use of a key, so that a person leaving the vehicle can lock the lett hand -doo'r 'from the inside and the right hand door vfrom the outside,v or vice versa, or x the locks of both doors from the inside so' that when either door is closed it will be locked; and the invention consists in the 'construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In illustrating my invention I have shown it adapted for a loop'handle. hut it will be evident that the style of handle inlay be varied atrvill. In ca rryii'ig-out my invention I employ` a socket 2 adapted to be secured to a vehicle door?, by Screws 4l and passing through sci-euv holes@ and (,Which holes lextend through plugs 8 andi) formed on the rear *lince ot the socket, whereby the Specification/ot Letter-s,Patent.` Patented Api, 25, Application flld January 26. 19.11. Seal N0. 604,781.

operating' the socket may he irmly-sec'uredto the door and held' against turning even if theiscrews are removed. This socket has a central opening 10 and ay boltlreceiving or locking yrecess 11, and mounted in one sid'eot the. socket opposite the boltereceiving recess 1l is a pushbutton 1,2., The central port-ion of the handle llias an inwardly extending reduced por tion or shank 14: to enter the central open ing lO'formed for it in the socket, vand in this reduced portion is a tran'lsverse'rectan? gular opening 15' to receive a nectangular bolt 16 one end o which is adaptedfto en.-

vter the holt-receivingor locking recess 11.

In .theA center of the 'handle or knob is a pin-tumbler cylinder 17 adapted to be turned by a k'ey 18 operating on pins 19 in the Vusual manner of pin-tumbler, locks. At

the inner end of the cylinder is arOll-back 2G having a finger Qtadaptedto enter a notch 22 formed in the Qront. face of the bolt'tvhereby the boltmay be turned from the locked to the unlocked position'by` the rotation of the cylinder by the proper key. l. Pivotally mounted inthev reduced' Iportion oit thel` knob shank andy in rear of the bolt is av two-armed lever' 23,^one' arm 24e entend-A ing into a notchk25 formedl in the-rear" face ofthe bolt, andthe other arm 26" extending into the path of the push-rod 27 which eX- tendsy through the knob-spindle 28 to the inside of the door where it is provided With a pushfbutton 29, aspring 30 Within a socket 3l. tending to normally hold the vpush-but` tondi/29 into its out or operativeposition. The socket 3l bearingon' aVA collargSQ secured tothe inner tace of the door 3 prevents the .outward movement of the'knob spindle. It

Will be understood, vWithoutillustration, that this knob spindle operates the latch-mechanism.' not shown.l which mechanism may also be operated in the usual manner by a -lever :accessible to the -inside'. of .thevehicle. vThe knob shank is held against out Ward movementby a collar 33 which 1s fixed toy the shank and. hearing against the inner face'of the collar. 4'Ihefboltbeing turned to' its retired or unlocked'position, as shown ini'lig. 2v oit' the drawings, permits the knob to be freely turned in thev usual mannerlor latch mechanism. W'hen leaving a vehicle, say, by the right hand door, the operator will press the push button 29 on the inside of the lett hand doorc and this inwardl lmovement of the.

button forces the rod A27 against the lever 23, and this lever 23 engaging with the bolt 16 will throw the bolt .16 into the locking-y notch 11 of the socket 2, thus locking the knob of the left hand door against rotation. The operator then 'leaves the vehicle by the right hand door, and when the door is closed he forces the push-button 12 inward lwhich 417 will turn that cylinder and retire the bolt yengages With one end of the bolt 16 and forces it into the locking notch 11 in the same way as before described. Both doors 'are then rmly locked. Or the lock-bolt of both doors may be` thrown to the locked position from the inside. To enter by either door, a suitable key entered into the cylinder permitting the door to be opened by turning the knob. To Vprevent the bolt from being thrown to its locked position or unlocked posi-tion by any ar, a spring plunger 3 4 will .be arranged above or below the'. bolt and adapted to engage with the notches 35 or36 formed inthe bolt whereby the bol-t will be frictionally .held in its looked or unlocked position, but not with sufficient force to prevent the bolt from being moved by the pushbuttons or key mechanism.

1. A combined lock and handle for vehicle doors' comprising a socket, said socket formed with a locking notch, a push buttonarranged in the socket opposite saidflockingnotch, a handle havinga shank adapted to- .ing witnesses.

notch, a push-pin mounted in said socket opposite said locking-notch, a handle havlng a shank adapted to pass through said socket',

-a4 transversely movable bolt, in said shank,

key-operated mechanism in said handle and,

adapted to move said bolt which isalso .'adapted .to be moved by said push-button, a

two-armed lever mounted in said shank in rear of said bolt one arm of said lever enthe same, a rod engaging with thevother arm oflsaid bolt, said rod extending through the. .vehicle door and adapted when moved from its inner end to throw said bolt into itsj locked position.

3. A4 combined lock and handle for vehicle doors comprising a socket adapted to be secured to the outer face of a vehicle| door, v

said socket formed with a locking-notch, a handle having a shank extending through said socket, a transversely movable bolt in said shank and adapted to enter said lockgaging withsaid bolt and adapted to move ing-notch, key-operated mechanism mounted v in said handle and adapted to retire said bolt, a two-armed lever mounted in said shank in rear of saidbolt'and having one of its arms engaging with the said bolt, a knob spindle extending through the vehicle door,

a rod extending through said spindle and bearing at one end upon said lever, 'a' 'socket onthe inside of the door, a buttonmounted in said socket and secured to the inner end of said rod whereby the lever may b'e turned landthe bolt thrown to its locked positionfrom the inside of the door.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in thepresence of two subscrib- LoUIs W. GATES.

Witnesses FREDERIC C. EARLE, CLARA. L. WEED. 

